Sachie-chan GOOD!!
| Sachie-chan GOOD!! | |||
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 Sachie-chan GOOD!! title page from the May 2008 issue of Jump SQ | |||
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| Author | Akira Toriyama, Masakazu Katsura | ||
| Publisher |
Shueisha (JP) Viz (EN) | ||
| Publication | Jump SQ | ||
| Demographic | Shōnen | ||
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| Original Run |
Jump SQ May 2008 (02 April 2008) | ||
| Chapters | 1 | ||
Sachie-chan GOOD!! is a single-chapter ("one-shot") manga by Akira Toriyama and Masakazu Katsura spanning 53 pages which originally ran in the May 2008 issue of Jump SQ, released 02 April 2008 in Japan. Sachie-chan GOOD!! marks the first entry in the authors' "Galactic Patrol" series.
Synopsis
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Summary
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Characters
Major Characters
- Toki (トキ Toki): A 19-year-old who believes himself to be the last living member of the Golden-Eyed Tribe. The character's name is likely taken from the Japanese crested ibis, a once-prolific species of bird now facing near-extinction.
- Merluza (メルルーサ Merurūsa): A young fortuneteller who claims to be (but is not actually) from Venus. The character's name is likely taken as-is from the Spanish name "merluza", a family of cod-like fish including the hake. Adapted as "Merlusa" in Viz's official release.
Supporting Characters
- Berry (ベリー Berī): A 25-year-old son of a feudal lord who looks younger than he really is and is sensitive about his hair. Berry's name serves as the basis for the name pun series of his respective henchmen. Adapted as "Barry" in Viz's official release.
Miscellaneous
- Golden-Eyed Tribe (金目族 Kinme-zoku): A tribe thought to be extinct. While its members have golden eyes and extraordinary abilities, they do not live as long as ordinary humans. Long ago, a single tribe member took out an entire army of several hundred people all on their own.
Production
Jump SQ editor-in-chief Masahiko Ibaraki had expressed interest in having Akira Toriyama develop a work to be drawn for Masakazu Katsura, a manga author himself and longtime friend of Toriyama. Toriyama called Katsura in the middle of the night to share the news that they would be collaborating, which Katsura thought to be a joke considering he was already serialized in the magazine with ZETMAN.
Toriyama enjoyed the storyboarding process of manga creation, though he disliked the inking process, which make the collaboration an appealing choice for him. This proved to be a source of friendly rivalry during production, as Katsura found Toriyama's storyboards to be lacking in any real content with no real climax, yet somehow still progressing with a sense of energy without inviting any kind of emotion. Katsura latched on to certain aspects in the original draft, such as the despair of the villagers suffering in poverty, that Toriyama did not feel the need to actually follow through on in his storytelling; Toriyama noted that if he let his guard down for a moment, Katsura would bring out some humanity in the story. The original storyboard clocked in at 30 pages, with the final story ending up at a "half-cocked" total of 53-pages. Katsura noted one page in particular having 11 panels, which he felt was abnormal.
Toriyama ("Bird Studo") is credited with the "Original Work" (原作 gensaku), while Masakazu Katsura ("Studio K2R") is credited with the artwork itself (漫画 manga). Toriyama ultimately provided character designs and storyboards (including the underlying story), all of which were revised in collaboration with Katsura for the final work.
Sachie herself was envisioned by Toriyama as a sort of modern-day Goku. Toriyama provided initial designs for the spaceship, the aliens, Zalid (who at the design stage wore a turban), as well as Mil and his henchmen. Katsura provided designs for an early version of Sachie, a revised version of Zalid, the Galactic Patrol, a revised version of Mil with a raygun, and Miss Octo.
The work was originally planned to be named Sachie-chan GOGO!, but this was changed due to the existence of a similarly-named anime series (likely Yes! PreCure 5 GOGO!, a magical-girl series which began airing in February of the same year). "Gū!!" can have several different meanings: it can be "GOOD!!", as suggested by the thumbs-up in the logo, "PUNCH!!" (like Sachie's pose on the title page), or even the rumbling of her stomach (from the effects of the special ninja ramen). While they likely meant the various permutations of グー in the sound effects to reference the title, ultimately, the "GOOD!!" meaning is what is most likely intended here.
Releases
Sachie-chan GOOD!! has been reprinted several times in Japan:
- The chapter was reprinted in full in "vol. 002" of Shueisha's "Jump SQ.M" (or "Jump Square Masterpiece") compilation magazine released 23 October 2009 in Japan.[1]
- The chapter was reprinted in full within the Katsura Akira (カツラアキラ katsuraakira) tankōbon-sized volume released 04 April 2014 in Japan, compiling both Sachie-chan GOOD!! and Jiya.[2]
Viz included the first 14 pages of Sachie-chan GOOD!! in their Shonen Jump Alpha Yearbook 2013, mailed to subscribers of the company's Shonen Jump Alpha digital manga service, in December 2012. The full chapter was subsequently made available to subscribers in their online account libraries.[3]
Piracy group (TBD) released a "scanlation" of Sachie-chan under the title "Sachie-chan Guu!!"...
- Notes
Legacy
Sachie-chan GOOD!! is the debut work in the ever-expanding "Galactic Patrol" series by Akira Toriyama and Masakazu Katsura. At the time of its publication, Toriyama felt that there was more to be done with the story, and that it perhaps could have been a short-term serial of about 100 pages. Katsura noted that Toriyama took a liking to the Galactic Patrol designs, and that he could write something in connection with it.
Jiya, a three-chapter series by Toriyama and Katsura, is the second entry in the Galactic Patrol series, originally running in Weekly Young Jump between 2009 and 2010. In the short series, Galactic Patrolman Jiya arrives on Earth in search of his missing colleague Stece, but quickly finds himself fighting against alien interloper Vampa and his army of giant fleas. Jiya's outer suit sports the same design as the Galactic Patrol as originally designed by Katsura.
Toriyama branched out on his own for 2013's Jaco the Galactic Patrolman, running through 2013 in Weekly Shōnen Jump as a prequel series to Dragon Ball, further expanding upon and revising the lore of the Galactic Patrol.
Toriyama and Toyotarō collaborated on the Galactic Patrol Prison arc of the Dragon Ball Super manga beginning in 2019, which continued to expand upon the lore of the Galactic Patrol within the context of the Dragon Ball franchise.[4] Designs similar to Jiya and the original Galactic Patrolmen in Sachie-chan can be seen in this run.
Notes
Each issue of Jump SQ includes comments from that issue's respective authors. Toriyama's comment in the May 2008 issue is as follows:
重い腰を上げての漫画だったが原作ってこともあって楽しかった！
I finally got up off my backside to do a comic, but being just the script and all, it was fun!
— Akira Toriyama
Masakazu Katsura also provided a comment the same issue:
疲れた！でも鳥山さんのお話は楽しく描けて、幸せな気分でした。
I'm exhausted! But I had fun drawing Toriyama-san's story, and that made me happy.!
— Masakazu Katsura
External Links
- Kanzenshuu - Bonus Podcast: "Kintoki" Review
- Anime News Network - "Viz Media to Release Akira Toriyama's 'Kintoki' 1-Shot Manga Next Week"
- Viz - "REVIEW: This Week's Issue! - Jan 28, 2013"
References
- ↑ "ジャンプSQ.M1号本日発売。2号もやっぱり超豪華" (21 August 2009). Natalie. Retrieved: 06 August 2019.
- ↑ "鳥山明「銀河パトロール ジャコ」、桂正和との共作と同発" (03 April 2014). Natalie. Retrieved: 06 August 2019.
- ↑ "INTERVIEW: Masakazu Katsura" (11 November 2012). Viz.com. Retrieved: 06 August 2019.
- ↑ "Translations Archive: Toyotarō Comment - Dragon Ball Super: “Galactic Patrol Prisoner Arc”". Kanzenshuu.
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